RPC IV.4, 856

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 856
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Year Η = 8
Dating AD 144/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρ(ιανὸς) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription L Η
Edition (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design zodiac, Sun in Leo: radiate-headed and draped bust of Helios, left; below, lion running, left; before, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.61 g
Axis 12
Reference D 2966
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note Some V forms.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.60344
3 3     A: 2612 / 11980 JIAN 2 (1899), 83 no. 20, pl. 7, 12 (rev.)
4 4     Milan SNG 1255
5 5     CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 130 = (Staffieri)
6 6     D 2966 = Münzen und Medaillen 7 (1977), 441 (Figari - Mosconi 741)